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Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... fuels alone. A high 41% of emissions came from coal, 32% from oil and 21% from gas. Emissions from land use (such as deforestation) also rose this year but dropped 20% in the past decade. "We have observed over the past two years how the capacity of ...

Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... ability to influence a board, but only with more than 100 investors. Campaigns range from issues like gambling to deforestation, paid parental leave, gas fracking and other environmental issues.

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... global policies will encourage Australian companies to adopt nature-positive practices. These policies include the EU Deforestation Due Diligence Regulation, the EU Nature Restoration Law, and national commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity (FfB) Pledge and the UK Stewardship Code in 2021. Meanwhile, the European Union has delayed its landmark deforestation laws, Reuters reported. The EU Commission caved to industry pressure and proposed a 12-month pause to the EU Deforestation ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... importance of human rights in biodiversity strategy is also emphasized by the IGCC in its new guide for finance on deforestation. Alongisde Aviva Investors and Boston Common Asset Management it found that forests directly support the livelihoods of 1.6 ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Major financial intuitions and companies are falling behind on global deforestation, as the EU enacts a new law to protect and restore nature. 75% of the Earth's land surface has been significantly altered by human activities, according to the UN Environment ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... will strengthen its nature-based solutions offerings, including establishing a future forestry fund and engage on deforestation, sustainable proteins, and plastics pollution. Also by 2025 the firm will incorporate enhanced social indicators into its ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... financing of nature destruction. "The net is tightening, with increased regulatory pressure in key areas like tackling deforestation, it means that those companies and financial institutions still driving the problem now need to make best use of the ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national adaptation plans by 2025. Built environment and deforestation COP28 also had a focus on the built environment, including urbanisation and transport. The Global Stocktake found that NDCs ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... targets being set. ShareAction in June found the world's largest 77 asset managers lack ambition on net zero, deforestation, and other climate and biodiversity issues.